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Member
Speaking in the House of Lords on 5 January 2026
Debate
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillContribution
19: Clause 1, page 1, line 7, at end insert
“, subject to subsection (2A).
(2A) Sections 2 to 4 of this Act come into force only when the conditions in section (Referendum (No. 2)) have been met.”Member’s explanatory statement
This amendment ties the commencement of the provisions in the Act to the conditions of the referendum on the Chagossian community in another amendment by Lord Purvis of Tweed.
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